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My mom bought a used laptop absolutely riddled with spyware, linux isn't an option

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[-] greyjedi@lemmy.world 80 points 1 year ago
[-] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

Didn't microsoft recently push something to prevent these from working?

[-] smolyeet@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

They recently broke hwid, but was recently fixed as of 2.2. The other method worked fine still

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[-] skankhunt42@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Personally, I'd never use one of these scripts.

Most PCs have a windows key burned in to the BIOS.

https://www.howtogeek.com/660517/how-to-find-your-windows-10-product-key-using-the-command-prompt/

I'd start there and see if it can be used for 11 or upgraded through the versions. Then I'd take a "clean" backup and use that to re-install in the future, instead of a new ISO.

[-] superweeniehutjrs@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Don't ever run random scripts from the Internet unless you understand every line.

[-] 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

but do run scripts that have been verified by reputable sources

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